Ruth Wodak invited as plenary speaker at Conference on Migration, Salzburg

Date: 13 April 2012

Ruth is invited as plenary speaker at the interdisciplinary conference on Migration in Salzburg: see below

Perspectives from Social Sciences and Theology, Interdisciplinary Conference - 12 - 14 April 201, Salzburg, Edmundsburg

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12. 4. 2012 EMMIGRATING: LEAVING ONE'S COUNTRY

14.00 Arrival, Coffee

14.30 - 16.30 Opening

Judith GruberSigrid Rettenbacher Centre for Intercultural Theology and Studies of Religions Salzburg University, Austria, Introduction to the Concept of the Conference Migration as a Sign of the Times

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim SanderDepartment of Systematic Theology Salzburg, Austria, Introduction to the Theme of the Conference A Report from the Borders

Dr. David Reisenze in External Relations Officer, Frontex Warsaw, Poland, Hagen Kopp„kein mensch ist illegal"Hanau, Germany

16.30 - 17.00 Break

17.00 - 19.30

Migration: Causes and Problematics, Bridget Anderson, PhD Centre for Migration, Policy & Society Oxford University, UK

Migration: A Theological Approach, Prof. Dr. Michael Nausner Department of Systematic Theology School of Theology Reutlingen, Germany

Panel Discussion

20.00 Wine reception

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13. 4. 2012 MIGRATING: TRAVELLING THE INTERSTICES

9.00 Insight: Personal Experience of Migration, Bishop Dr. John Okoro Old Catholic Church of Austria

9.15 - 10.00 Questioning the Nation State. Issues of Memory and Desire, Dr. Anne-Marie FortierDepartment of SociologyLancaster University, UK

10.00 - 10.30 Coffee Break

10.30 - 11.15 Anamnesia of Migration, Prof. Dr. Fernando SegoviaDivinity School - New Testament and Early ChristianityVanderbilt University, USA

11.15 - 12.30 Discussion

12.30 - 14.30 Lunch Break

14.30 - 16.30 Parallel Paper Sessions

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee Break

17.00 - 18.30 Theology of Migration.A Genealogy and Methodology, Daniel Groody, PhDCenter for Latino Spirituality & Culture University of Notre Dame, USA

Response: Dr. Jorge Castillo Guerra Centre for World Christianity and Interreligious Studies Radboud University Nijmegen, NL

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14. 4. 2012 IMMIGRATING: ARRIVAL?

9.00 Insight: Personal Experience of Migration, Joana Adesuwa Reiterer Exit, Vienna, Austria

9.15 - 10.00 The Discursive Construction of the Strange, DDDr. Ruth Wodak Department of Linguistics & English Language Lancaster University, UK

10.00 - 10.30 Coffee Break

10.30 - 11.15 Christology. Subverting Exclusion, PD Dr. Hildegund Keul Bonn, Germany

11.15 - 12.30 Discussion

12.30 - 14.30 Lunch Break

14.30 - 16.00 Parallel Group Discussions

16.00 - 16.30 Coffee Break

16.30 - 18.00 The Conference in Retrospect: Migration as a Sign of the Times, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Sander Ass. Prof. Dr. Regina Polak Department of Pastoral Theology Vienna University, Austria

This item was reported in: Der Standard; Salzburger Nachrichten on 14/04/2012

 

Further information

Associated staff: Ruth Wodak

Associated departments and research centres: Dynamics of Memories, Language, Ideology and Power Group (LIP), Linguistics and English Language

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